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United States Patent 3,038,258 MASONS CORNER LEVEL John S. Piuo, 100 Thomas Drive, Oak Hill, W. Va. Filed Apr. 3, 1959, Ser. No. 803,939 3 Claims. (Cl. 33-85) This invention relates to a guide assembly to facilitate bricklaying and more particularly to a masons corner guide.

An object of the invention is to provide a guide assembly for brick corners whereby the assembly may be installed directly on the job with all materials being those which are ordinarily readily available on any construction job.

A further object of the invention is to provide a guide assembly for masonry corners, the assembly enabling bricklaying to be accomplished much faster and easier. The corners are considerably easier to set up and to ad just and move when the need arises, during the normal bricklaying operation or masonry wall construction.

Although the expression bricklaying is used herein, it is to be clearly understood that the principles of the invention are applicable for laying blocks as well as bricks and further, the bricks may be of any type and size.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of one of the devices in the guide assembly.

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary elevational view of the device in FIGURE 1 but showing a masons line block and a conventional line connected with it.

FIGURE 3 is a front elevational view of a building under construction and utilizing the guide assembly in accordance with the invention.

FIGURE 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 5-5 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 6 is a sectional view taken on line 66 of FIGURE 5.

In the accompanying drawings there is a building 10 which diagrammatically represents any type of building with which the guide assembly 12 is capable of being used during the laying of brick, block, etc. Guide assembly 12 consists of two corner devices 14 and 16, each of which is similarly constructed. The corner devices support conventional masons line blocks 18 and 20, and a masons line 22 extends therebetween. The line blocks and line are not altered from convention as to construction and use. However, corner devices 14 and 16 located at the corners of typical building 10, are considered to be new and provide for a definite advance in the trade.

Typical corner device 14 is constructed of an upright post 26 having a foot or cleat 28 at its lower end. The foot or cleat is preferably fiat and rests directly on the job. For instance, footing 30 is shown in FIGURE 3 and in FIGURE 4, and it is on the footing 30' that foot 28 rests in the type of building construction shown in FIGURE 3. Although support for the post is provided by the foot 28 on the footing without interference with the masonry wall, adjustment of the post with respect to vertical positioning thereof and lateral spacing from an interior wall of the building against which the masonry wall is to be erected, is accomplished at onelocation at the top of the post.

3,038,253 Patented June 12, 1962 ICC.

There is a thin stationary anchor arm 32 located at the top of corner device 14, this stationary arm being adapted to be fastened to a part of the building 10. In the illustration arm 32 is made of a fiat board nailed to the wall of building 10 on which a brick veneer is to be placed. As emphasized, this is but one typical type of building construction, it being clearly understood that the principles of the invention are applicable with work other than brick veneer. Spacer block 34 is attached to one end of arm 32, and extension arm 36 is secured to the spacer block, for instance by nails 38 (FIGURE 5). This means that arm 32 made in three pieces that is, with the arm part 32 secured to the building 10, spacer 34 and arm 36, is supported by the building construction which is a fixed reference.

There are adjustable means for connecting the upper end of post 26 to the arm. These adjustable means consist preferably of a bolt 40 which is passed through alined apertures 42 and 44 in arm 36 and in the upper part of post 26. A plurality of shims 46 are supplied with the device 14 so that post 26 may be made plumb and laterally spaced from the building wall by selection of the number of shims or thickness of shims that are used. Each shim may be made simply of a washer, this being the cheapest and a very efiective way of shimming post 26 to adjust the spacing between the post 26 and arm 36. Bolt 40 has the head on one side of arm 36 and the nut 48 on the other side of post 26, thereby firmly assembling the post with the arm in an adjusted pivotal position.

There are graduations 56 along the length of post 26. These graduations are analogous to those used on a brick masons rule. The lower group 57 of graduations have the graduation marks uniformly spaced. The next group 58 of graduations have each graduation marked and spaced uniformly but at distances greater than the spacing of graduations 57. The next group 59 of graduations are also uniformly spaced, but spaced apart a greater amount than the graduations 58. The same holds true for the entire graduated area of post 26. Therefore, after setting foot 28, fastening arm 32 and plumbing post 26, the masons line block 18 may be used in the customary way, and no holes have to be made in the wall as it is being built since the corner devices 14 and 16 do not at all depend on the wall as it is being constructed of brick, block, etc. for support of the line blocks or line. In using the graduations 56, the line and its line block are set in accordance with the first course on graduations 57, and the subsequent groups of graduations automatically position the masons line block and line in the correct place for uniform thickness joints. In place of the use of Roman brick, for example, additional graduations may be applied on the face of post 26.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A guide assembly to facilitate erection of a masonry wall, said assembly comprising a pair of corner devices between which a line is adapted to reach, each corner device comprising an upright post, a foot at the bottom of said post by means of which the post rests on a footing in spaced relation to a reference wall of a building, a stationary arm disposed adjacent to the upper end of said post for anchoring to the reference wall, adjustable means for securing the upper end of said post to one end of said arm to thereby hold said post plumb and spaced from the reference wall, said adjustable means including a bolt, a spacer secured to one end of said stationary arm, a connecting arm secured at one end to said spacer parallel with the stationary arm and having its other end secured to said post by said bolt to space said post laterally outwardly of said reference wall, to accommodate the masonry wall applied thereagainst, said spacer comprising a block of uniform thickness to space said stationary and connecting arms parallel to each other and spacer shims mounted on the bolt between the post and connecting arm for variably spacing the post from the connecting arm.

2. A guide assembly for masonry wall constructional purposes, comprising, a corner post having graduated scales on perpendicular side surfaces for measured movement of a guide line anchor slidably mounted thereon, foot means connected to a lower end of the corner post for supporting the corner post on a lower projecting footing of a building in substantially vertical relation and at a predetermined distance in front of an interior reference wall against which a masonry wall is to be applied, thin anchor means attachable to said reference wall adjacent to an upper end of said corner post, extension means disposed in front of the reference wall and extending parallel thereto toward a point exteriorly spaced from a corner of the masonry wall to be erected, spacer means rigidly connecting the extension means to the thin anchor means in spaced relation thereto, and pivotal adjusting means connecting said extension means at said point to the upper end of the corner post in a plumbed position for spacing one of said side surfaces in alignment with said exterior surface of the masonry wall, said pivotal adjusting means comprising a bolt interconnecting the post and extension means for pivotal adjustment thereof and shims mounted on the bolt between the post and extension means for lateral spacing adjustment therebetween.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein said foot means comprises a flat horizontal member projecting from sides of said post opposite said scaled side surfaces toward said interior reference wall in spaced relation thereto.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 402,360 Smith Apr. 30, 1889 969,654 P-latt Sept. 6, 1910 987,187 Swenson Mar. 21, 1911 1,677,821 Graham July 17, 1928 1,872,860 Winter Aug. 23, 1932 2,761,214 Ruble Sept. 4, 1956 2,832,143 Davis Apr. 29, 1958 2,833,054 Wheeler May 6, 1958 FOREIGN PATENTS 539,564 Great Britain Sept. 16, 1941 

